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50 Cards in this Set
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abstain
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to hold oneself back voluntarily
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Donaldson wanted to abstain from eating fatty meat.
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advocate
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to speak/write in favor of
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Shawna advocated for the passing of the bill.
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adulterate
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to make impure
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McDonalds used to adulterate their beef because it wasn't 100% beef.
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anomalous
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abnormal, irregular
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Marcus Arealius' decision to advocate gladiators fighting in the colloseum was anomalous considering his father's feelings toward the barbaric event.
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antipathy
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aversion, dislike
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I have an antipathy for players.
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apathy
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lack of caring, indifference
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I have a feeling of apathy toward politics.
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assuage
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ease or lessen, satisfy, soothe
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I wanted to assuage my hunger by eating a large, juicy burger.
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audacious
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daring, bold
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Lisa is audacious when climbing rocks.
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bolster
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support, reinforce
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Liz used what I had said about Scott to bolster her argument.
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cacophonous
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discordant, inharmonious
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The string orchestra in HS was cacophonous, for no one was very good.
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capricious
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unpredictable, fickle
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Liz is capricious when it comes to making decions with Scott and Andrew.
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corroborate
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to make more certain, confirm
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Getting asked to sit in the bar area of TGIFridays corroborates the idea that we are maturing physically.
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deride
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ridicule, make fun of
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Nick and I deride the a.s.k.
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desicate
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dry up
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I have not been drinking enough water; I thought I might literally desicate!
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dissonance
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discord, opposite of harmony
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The sometimes present dissonance between my friends and I became clear last week.
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enigma
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an inexplicable occurence, a riddle, a person of puzzling/contradictory character
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People might consider me an enigma because I am happy one second and upset the next.
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enervate
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weaken, attenuate
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The sun enervates me when I am at the beach and I want to take a nap.
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engender
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cause, produce
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Jess's enthusiasm engenders spontaneous doings, such as driving to UMASS
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ephemeral
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short-lived, fleeting
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Feelings for boys at a young age can be quite ephemeral, for hormones seems to vary levels constantly.
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equivocate
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intentionally mislead
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Surprise parties cause friends to equivocate the birthday girl.
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erudite
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learned, scholarly
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Professors are supposdly erudite.
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eulogy
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expression of praise
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I have never been to a funeral and hence, have never heard a eulogy.
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fervor
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glowing ardor, intensity of feeling
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When I see someone dancing, I watch on with fervor thinking of the past.
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garrulous
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loquacious, wordy
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Many of my essays end up being garrulous because I am trying to fill space.
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homogeneous
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of the same kind
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CMU is homogeneous, for it is full of people who are all passionate about learning.
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gullible
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easily deceived
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I am sometimes gullible.
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ingeneous
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naive and trusting
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I was ingenous until I learned about the bad in the world.
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laconic
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concise
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A paper's introduction is laconic, expressing the contents and viewpoint of the entire essay in one paragraph.
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laud
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praise
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Many would laud my piano perforamances at the recitals.
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lethargic
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drowsy, dull
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The slug seems lethargic.
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loquacious
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talkative
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Sometimes when I meet new people, I am loquacious- a sign of being an extravert.
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lucid
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easily understood, clear, intelligible
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I try to speak lucidly over the phone because reception makes the clarity bad enough.
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malleable
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apable of being shaped, impressionable
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Little children are malleable because they don't know much yet and are looking for examples.
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misanthrope
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one who hates mankind
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Philanthropists are not misantropic.
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mitigate
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appease, moderate
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My project team tries to mitigate issues all the time.
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obdurate
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stubborn
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I am obdurate when it comes to listening to my mom.
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opaque
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inpenetrable to light
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The fruit snacks I like are opaque.
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ostentatious
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showy pretentious
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Paris Hilton is ostentatious.
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paradox
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a self-contradictory and false proposition
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It is a paradox that I like hot chocolate, but not chocolate milk.
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pedantic
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showing off learning, bookish
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The girl in the birth control commercials is pedantic.
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philanthropic
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pertaining to, engaged in, benevolent
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Giving money to wear blue jeans on Friday will go to a philanthropic charity.
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placate
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pacify, conciliate
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Liz will try to placate the angry customers who may complain about her baggins skills.
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precipitate
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rash, premature, hasty, sudden
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Buying the expensive coat was a precipitate event.
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prevaricate
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lie
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Some of my previous best friends have prevaricated, leading to an unfortunate end.
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prodigal
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wasteful, reckless with money
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Buying anything you see is being prodigal. Save the money for a philathropic cause.
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propriety
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fitness, correct conduct
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I try behave with propriety at work.
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vacillate
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waver, fluctuate
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I vacillate between whether or not to trust some people.
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venerate
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revere
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The people of Rome still venerate Maximus.
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volatile
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changeable, explosive, evaporating rapidly
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The boss's temper at AE was volatile. You always had to be careful around her.
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zeal
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ardor, fervor for a person/cause/object
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My zeal for food has caused me to gain weight!
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